Manager: 'Henderson Not Signed Anywhere'

Dan
Henderson remains an unsigned commodity, the fighter’s business
partner and manager, Aaron Crecy,
told Sherdog.com late Thursday, responding to a new report that
states the top-five middleweight has signed with Strikeforce.

“Dan hasn’t signed anywhere,” said Crecy.

Crecy has stepped forward twice in the last three weeks to counter
claims that his client had signed with the UFC’s biggest U.S.
competitor. In mid-October, the middleweight and his managerial
team also squashed reports that Henderson was close to signing a
deal with Strikeforce.

Henderson and the UFC have been stuck on the monetary terms of a
new five-fight agreement since late July. In that time, UFC
President Dana White has described the renegotiations as anywhere
from “stalemated” to “done.”

However, Sherdog.com has direct knowledge from multiple parties
involved that talks between both sides have continued the entire
time and even into this week.

On Wednesday, White again commented publicly about Henderson.

“I guarantee you 1,000 percent that Dan Henderson is signed by
Strikeforce,” White told Yahoo Sports.

Crecy said the statement is 100 percent false.

“Anyone that would report that is misinformed,” he said.

When asked if Henderson was still in negotiations with both the UFC
and Strikeforce, Crecy said, “He’s open to all possibilities.
Nothing is imminent.”

Henderson, 39, earned $350,000 for his second-round knockout of
Michael
Bisping at UFC 100 in July, which included a $100,000 knockout
bonus awarded by the promotion. Crecy would not comment on his
client’s new asking price, but has previously denied White’s claim
that Henderson’s counter-offer would make him the UFC’s highest
paid athlete.

Crecy reiterated that Henderson will attend Strikeforce’s Saturday
event outside Chicago, and said that the fighter wasn’t any closer
to making a decision regarding where he’ll fight in 2010.